Young Writers Society

This is probably fall under some other category, after the first few chapters. -So mods please move if you feel the need-

NOTE: The Prologue is based off of a music video by the band Kutless. (The song is 'Shut Me Out')

Also This story used to be Life's Story (found here: viewtopic.php?p=116971&highlight=#116971) the two are so different that you wouldn't think they were the same thing. - I thought I'd just mention that

Phenomenon

Prologue

The town was old and forgotten; newspapers dating back to 2002, the year before the town was evacuated, blew in the wind only to be caught in the corners or Alleys. It had rained only the day before and the water collected in puddles along the street, giving the town an after rain glumness look. The floor in the General store was caked in dust, the seats in the Movie Theater had moth holes the size of golf balls, and worst of all the church had burnt marks around the door and windows - the inside being complete ash. When Flynn first saw this place he didn't like it; it looked like a ghost town. Another town destroyed by the Government, he had thought.

It was a shame, but despite the condition of the town, he knew that the old ware house at the end of the Main Street was a perfect headquarters. The town still held the look of a ghost town but Flynn and his buddies had made it a home for themselves. Now Flynn walked down the streets, he couldn't lie; he knew he would miss the town. It had been a home away from home, a home he couldn't go back to ever again. He readjusted the wires on his shoulder. Today was the day; he couldn't turn back after this.

He got to the ware house door, before opening it he looked around and watched the town again. There wasn't much to watch, but home is home and he had to keep the memory alive in his mind. He opened the door after a few minutes and was met by his best friend, Devin.

"Flynn, they're coming." He said he didn't have to say anything else. Flynn knew exactly what he was talking about. Flynn gave him two thick rolls of wire.

"How much time do we have?" Flynn asked.

"Trey says they will be here 15 minutes after we plug in the first wire." Devin replied, before they both took off running. Flynn headed towards the power source; a large metal box fasten to a pole. He plugged in one end of the wire to the side of a metal box.

They had spent months setting up this system; it seemed more confusing now when he was racing against the clock. Trey had made them memorize the system and it helped ease the pressure. With minutes to spare he flipped the red switches left and the green right. Then he ran to the other end of the ware house leaving a trail of wire behind him. He climbed up a set of stairs, laying down the rest of the wire was easy.

- - -

Trey looked out of the window of the top floor of the ware house, he watched as police cars, SWAT cars and black Government cars drove through the construction five miles from the town. He quickly turned around and turned on a metal box, it hummed and then lit up.

It was very old equipment, and no one in there right mind would have bought it, but Trey was in a desperate situation. The new stuff would have gotten contacted The Government faster. He took the wire off the box and led it to the center of the floor where Flynn and Devin's wire would run out. Then he ran to the roof, where Foster and Asher were waiting for him.

- - -

Reuben watched as the five teenagers set up the wires from a distance. Flynn had told him that morning to go back to The Academy hours ago, but Reuben didn't listen. He needed to be there, hidden, in case the mission failed. He knew how to finish the wires, and to send the message Trey had taught him. And that was good enough for him. Reuben ran up the stairs to the next floor following a route he knew the others wouldn't.

- - -

Just one more floor, Flynn thought. As he went thought the last door, half-way through the floor he ran out of wire.

"I don't have time for this!" Flynn yelled in frustration. Then he heard the sound of wood breaking, and some distant yelling. He dropped the wire in surprise -they were on there way- he quickly bent down to pick up the end of the wire then stopped. Another wire was laying heading across the floor.

"Trey, you are brilliant!" He said connecting the wires and then he ran across the floor. At the other end of the floor he picked up two rolls of wire at the end of the stairs; one of which was connected to the last metal box. He put one over one shoulder and started laying the other wire up the stairs and onto the roof. Where Foster, Asher, Devin and Trey were waiting for him.

"Trey, you are a genius." Flynn said throwing him one of the wires and making his way around Asher to a plug. Asher and Devin where flipping switches like crazy and plugging in wires, while Foster was typing away on an old laptop.

"I know." Trey replied connecting the wires that Flynn had just given him.

"OK the message is ready to be sent!" Foster said. Trey's hand was half way to the power plug when the door was busted open. They all watched as the ten SWAT team members entered the roof; they felt like they had lost a race by an inch.

"Everyone Freeze!" said a man in a black suit. There was no point in him saying this, the five teenagers were already frozen looking at the SWAT team and the man in the suit. They hadn't expected this big of a show. "Well, well, well. Look at what we have here. Some Fishies caught on a roof after a flood?"

Flynn could have sworn he heard the click of a computer mouse as the man said this. Foster must have sent the message, a lot of good it would do without the computer being plugged into the network. Or Foster knew something he didn't.

"Oh look what we caught, the oh-so famous Mr. Dare." said one of the SWAT team members walking behind Flynn. Keeping his gun pointed. The other nine SWAT members laughed.

- - -

Fifteen minutes later Flynn and the Fishers sat in the back of a SWAT car. We were so close! Just that one plug and we could have done it! He thought sighing, taking off his wool hat.

"Prisoners apprehended." the man in the black suit said into a walkie-talkie. Someone replied to him on the other end, but Flynn couldn't hear what it was. "We're bringing them back to bas-" At that moment some SWAT members closed the doors. Seconds later they heard the engine start, and felt a jolt as they began to move.

Flynn bowed his head, closed his eyes and began to pray -- This was it.

- - -

Reuben watched the SWAT team from a safe distance. He waited for the last car to leave before walking onto the roof. A light breeze felt cold against his face. He plugged in the last plug then watched as the computer screen turned black and a green loading bar blinked on and of.

Z: // Truth Message Sent _